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Alaa Taha
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Informatics & Data-Driven Medicine / Surgery, expected graduation Spring 2030
BioAlaa completed his PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Western University and is an MD student at Stanford. Alaa's research integrates machine learning, image analysis, and anatomical coordinate systems for brain mapping and deep brain stimulation. Alaa is passionate about global health equity, open-source medical software, and advancing stereotactic neurosurgery through interpretable and reproducible methods.
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Mandy Tao
Masters Student in Clinical Informatics Management, admitted Summer 2026
BioMandy Tao is a healthcare strategist with experience across global biopharma, hospital operations, and health policy in the US, Germany, Switzerland, and China. She has led digital transformation for a major hospital system, managed top global accounts at MilliporeSigma (Merck KGaA), and served as Strategy Director / Chief of Staff to EVP at Merck KGaA in Frankfurt.
Mandy is also a dedicated community builder. She served on the Leadership Team of the Lean In Frankfurt Circle, where her work was recognized by Sheryl Sandberg as part of LeanIn.org's global efforts, and served on the Harvard Graduate Council. At Stanford, she is a Stanford Graduate Public Service Fellow, with interests spanning longevity and aging, health policy, and data visualization.
Mandy holds an MPH from Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, and a BA in Economics from the University of Waterloo. At Stanford Medicine, she is building on this foundation to turn complex health-system challenges into scalable, data-driven solutions. -
Hannah Thomas
Ph.D. Student in Health Policy, admitted Autumn 2024
BioI am a resident in urologic surgery at the University of Toronto, currently pursuing my PhD in Health Policy (Decision Sciences) at Stanford University as a Knight-Hennessy Scholar. I previously completed a Masters in Global Health Sciences from UCSF.
I am passionate about leveraging data to guide evidence-based health policy, both domestically and globally. My doctoral thesis uses mathematical modelling to address critical disparities between the burden of disease and the urologic workforce- seeking to provide actionable insights for workforce planning and development in resource-constrained healthcare systems.
I serve on the Board of Trustees for the International Student Surgical Network. -
Blake Thomson
MD Student with Scholarly Concentration in Health Services & Policy Research, expected graduation Spring 2027
BioBlake Thomson is a population health researcher and medical student at Stanford. An epidemiologist by training, he holds an MPhil in Epidemiology from the University of Cambridge and a DPhil (PhD) in Population Health from the University of Oxford. Before medical school, he served as Principal Scientist in Cancer Disparities Research at the American Cancer Society.
Blake has authored or co-authored more than 30 articles in medical and public health journals, including The Lancet and JAMA. His first-author publications have appeared in such journals as The Lancet Global Health, JAMA Internal Medicine, JAMA Oncology, JAMA Neurology, Chest, and Circulation, among others. This work has received media attention from such outlets as The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, National Geographic, and Nature.
His clinical and academic interests center on the prevention of chronic disease, with a particular focus on the behavioral, social, and biological factors that shape mental and physical health across the life course. He plans to pursue a career as an academic psychiatrist integrating patient care with population health research that informs clinical practice and health policy.
